<div dir="ltr">The plot thickens...My frontend said the backend wasn't running, though top said it was and when I started mythtv-setup, it asked if I wanted to stop the backend like usual and if I wanted to start it when it was done like usual and gave me a process id once it was started. I double checked that the IP address is correct.<div><br></div><div>So I started mythbuntu-control-centre from the command line and it threw a bunch of errors pasted below. I don't know what to make of this or how to fix it. Or what caused it because like I said I did nothing to this machine except play recordings before all this started happening. Maybe this has something to do with the HDPVR not connecting?</div><div><br></div><div>Also this is a pretty old Mythbuntu (12.04) so maybe it's time to just start over. Or maybe the HDD is getting senile. Any advice appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div><div>steve@steve-EP45-UD3P:~$ mythbuntu-control-centre</div><div>Reading package lists... Done</div><div>Building dependency tree </div><div>Reading state information... Done</div><div>Traceback (most recent call last):</div><div> File "/usr/bin/mythbuntu-control-centre", line 378, in refreshState</div><div> plugin.captureState()</div><div> File "/usr/share/mythbuntu/plugins/python/mysql_configuration.py", line 71, in captureState</div><div> self.mysql.read_xml(os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.mythtv', 'config.xml'))</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/mysql.py", line 95, in read_xml</div><div> dict=self._config_xml(file)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/mysql.py", line 53, in _config_xml</div><div> dictionary["doc"]=xml.dom.minidom.parse(file)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1920, in parse</div><div> return expatbuilder.parse(file)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 924, in parse</div><div> result = builder.parseFile(fp)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 211, in parseFile</div><div> parser.Parse("", True)</div><div>ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0</div><div>/usr/bin/mythbuntu-control-centre:128: GtkWarning: gtk_window_realize_icon: assertion `info->icon_pixmap == NULL' failed</div><div> self.main_window.show()</div><div>Traceback (most recent call last):</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/defer/__init__.py", line 473, in _inline_callbacks</div><div> result = gen.throw(result.type, result.value, result.traceback)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/gtkwidgets.py", line 628, in _run</div><div> yield self._transaction.run()</div><div>aptdaemon.errors.TransactionFailed: Transaction failed: None</div><div> The following packages have unmet dependencies:</div><div><br></div><div>mythweather: Depends: mythtv-frontend (>= 2:0.25.0+fixes.20120410.1f5962a-0ubuntu1) but 2:0.25.2+fixes.20120802.46cab93-0ubuntu1 is to be installed</div><div> Depends: libqt4-sql (>= 4:4.5.3) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.6 is to be installed</div><div> Depends: libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.6 is to be installed</div><div> Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.6 is to be installed</div><div><br></div><div>Reading package lists... Done</div><div>Building dependency tree </div><div>Reading state information... Done</div><div>Traceback (most recent call last):</div><div> File "/usr/bin/mythbuntu-control-centre", line 378, in refreshState</div><div> plugin.captureState()</div><div> File "/usr/share/mythbuntu/plugins/python/mysql_configuration.py", line 71, in captureState</div><div> self.mysql.read_xml(os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.mythtv', 'config.xml'))</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/mysql.py", line 95, in read_xml</div><div> dict=self._config_xml(file)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/mysql.py", line 53, in _config_xml</div><div> dictionary["doc"]=xml.dom.minidom.parse(file)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1920, in parse</div><div> return expatbuilder.parse(file)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 924, in parse</div><div> result = builder.parseFile(fp)</div><div> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 211, in parseFile</div><div> parser.Parse("", True)</div><div>ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:51 AM, DryHeat122 . <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" target="_blank">dryheat122@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Assuming it was the power supply (because for some reason these HDPVRs eat power supplies) I replaced it with a new 5v 2.5A adapter. It did not fix the problem. When I go into mythtv-setup and look at the capture cards, it says "failed to open," so I don't think it's a signal problem Hika. I deleted the capture card and tried to re-install it and got the same "failed to open" message. <div><br></div><div>Is there some way to tell for sure if the HDPVR is dead or it's some other problem? Nothing changed on the machine before these problems started.</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:49 AM, airdrummer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:air_drummer@verizon.net" target="_blank">air_drummer@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
the signal quality levels, is you have an RF ingress issue<br>
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which on fios should not be an issue:-\ maybe i'll check the outsude box (4get what vz calls it) for ants again...<br>
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i also record ota, with another si.dust hdhr & eyetv usb, and i was having signal issues, so i replaced my >20yr old radioshack dist. amp in the attic (w/the antenna) with a winegard hda-200 giving +24db, split 2X, and the signal improved immensely:-)<br>
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but today, the signals are shit again:-( dunno if the new amp is fried (major heat wave here)-: but maybe i'll solve my proble by just not watching tv;-)<div class="m_1707193308279371857HOEnZb"><div class="m_1707193308279371857h5"><br>
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